Asciiflow + Privacy
See original GitHub issueI’d like to open a discussion with users about privacy and Google/tracking/etc.
I understand some people do not want Google integrations on certain pages because of the “Big Brother” effect; however, e.g. Google Drive integration is undoubtedly a feature people want and use.
Keeping in mind this will be a statically served web-application from Google pages, what is the appropriate action here?
Here are a few suggestions:
- All third-party scripts are loaded conditionally (using javascript) based on the Do-Not-Track setting being preset or not.
- There is a
/lite
path that you can visit that is a specially built version of the app sans all third-party integrations. - We simply drop all Google functionality in lieu of Gist/permalink support (things have changed in the last ~6-7 years in terms of what tools people are using).
Let me know what you think. The discussion here will affect Asciiflow 3 (AF3) exclusively; the existing version will not be updated to reflect any decisions made.
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Chiming in here:
From a product perspective, I’d like to continue to use Google Analytics so I can understand user behaviour. Given that, I propose we do as @Qix- proposed and conditionally load this script based on the do-not-track status.
My vote, is to avoid google as much as possible.
A simple import/export via copy/paste is enough to cover most cases, but having 3rd party tools is ok, as long as they don’t load external files, or they are optional and only load when used.
btw, was the import functionality removed in the new version? I can’t see how to paste something…